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7-Zip 9.34 Final is now available
Update:Â It appears that the release is still an alpha for now.
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Lock and unlock your PC with a USB device and USB Raptor
One of the things that I do all the time when I leave a computer I'm working on in an environment where others may access it is lock it or boot it […]
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Turn your webcam on or off with Webcam On-Off for Windows
Ever since the first webcams hit the market webcam hacking has been a topic.
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DiskBoss Free, a hard drive management tool
DiskBoss refers to a line of hard drive management tools.
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How to keep programs up to date without automatic updates
Automatic updates can be quite helpful at times.
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Wunderlist To-Do Manager for Windows 7 released
If you are using the to-do manager Wunderlist on a mobile device or the web you may find it interesting that it has been published for Windows 7 today.
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Vintager, a free image manipulation and effects software for Windows
I use a couple of image editing tools regularly to resize or edit images that I post here on this site.
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Detekt, a free tool for Windows to detect surveillance spyware
Detekt is a free tool for computers and devices running Windows operating systems that scans for traces of surveillance spyware on the system.
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First look at CCleaner 5.0's new interface
Software interface design changes, or entire redesigns, are often controversial updates.
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How to stop Dropbox permanently from autostarting on Windows
I run the excellent Autoruns regularly to block programs, services, drivers and whatnot from starting automatically on the system.
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Registry Recycler: scan, defrag and backup the Windows Registry
Registry Cleaners don't have the best reputation thanks to scareware products and advertisement that goes along with it.
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Multi-PDF Tool PDF Shaper 3.0 released with Windows 10 support
If you manipulate pdf documents in one way or the other regularly, then you may have come across PDF Stumbler before as it ships with a collection of tools for
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SuperSimple Video Converter for Windows review
If you want to convert media files on a Windows PC you will have to use third-party software for that as the operating system does not really support a lot of v
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Tame icon overflowing desktops with Tago Fences
I reviewed Nimi Places two days ago and found it to be a great program to bring order to the desktop.
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Organize your Windows desktop with Nimi Places
I try to keep the desktop of my Windows PC as clean as possible.
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BeeDoctor is an all-in-one system maintenance and security tool for Windows
So-called all-in-one tools such as Advanced System Care, Slim Cleaner or Glary Utilities are highly popular on Windows thanks to the immense set of programs the
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System Explorer 6.0 update brings action log and other enhancements
Most native Windows programs are fine for basic tasks or information retrieval but lack the feature richness of third-party programs.
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Pastebin Manager is a file uploader and downloader for Pastebin
Pastebin is a free online service that enables anyone to upload text contents to the site to make those contents available to the public.
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MouseFighter: emulate a computer mouse using a keyboard
Mouse and keyboard are the standard input devices on most desktop systems.
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YouTube supports 60 fps videos now
Frames per seconds and resolution are a big deal in the gaming world and it is usually the case that the more you get the better for the gaming experience.
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SRT Downloader downloads subtitles for all video files in a folder
When I have the choice to watch a movie with subtitles or a synchronized movie I always pick the one with subtitles.
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Export your browsing history before you delete it
Depending on how you access the Internet, information about the sites you visited in the past may be available in different locations locally and also remotely.
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Write! is a distraction free rich text editor for Windows
Notepad or its richer replacements are quite good when it comes to writing short to medium sized texts but lose much of their appeal when it comes to longer tex
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CrypTool: experiment with cryptographic algorithms
Have you ever asked yourself how cryptographic algorithms work? What algorithms such as AES or Twofish do, or how cryptography was handled in the past?How Juliu
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Arsenal Image Mounter: how to mount disk images as real disks in Windows
Arsenal Image Mounter (AIM) is a Windows program from Arsenal Recon that mounts disk images as complete physical disks rather than as plain drive letters or net
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Skype Qik: mobile video swapping by Microsoft
I have a hard time understanding the concept of sharing photos or videos with other people.
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Lightweight PDF Reader Sumatra reaches version 3.0
There are two core options when it comes to reading pdf documents on your computer that are hosted on the Internet.
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Free version of ad-blocking program AdMuncher now available
The author of the popular ad-blocking program for Windows AdMuncher announced some time ago that he would turn the commercial program into a free one in the nea
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VoodooShield protects your PC by only allowing whitelisted programs to run
Windows users have plenty of options at their disposal when it comes to protecting their system.
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Advanced Services Manager for Windows
Just like many other native Windows programs, the Windows Services Manager is a basic application that is easy to use but lacks advanced features.
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PingHurry is a connectivity tool for Windows
One of the first things that I do whenever a connection to a host is not established is to run a basic tracert command on the command line just to find out [&he
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Fix SSD 840 issues with Samsung's Performance Restoration Software
I replaced a platter-based hard drive in a Thinkpad laptop that I bought with a faster Samsung SSD 840 drive to speed things up significantly.
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What Imgur's GIFV format is all about
When the public started to use the Internet for the first time, Gif files became instantly popular as a means to display media contents on private homepages and
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How to add custom filters to Chrome ad-blocking extension µBlock
I have reviewed the Chrome extension µBlock a couple of months ago here on Ghacks and liked it a lot as it offered the same level of advertisement
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How to force Skype to use custom video settings
If you are using the Skype software to make video calls, you may have noticed that it does not offer options to customize the video output on your machine.
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Improve low-quality videos with Blurry Video Clearer Free
Low-quality videos can be a pain to watch, especially if you have to watch them or want to make them available for others to watch.
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VLC for Windows 8 is now also compatible with Windows 8.1 and 10
When Microsoft launched Windows 8 several companies, Google, Mozilla and VLC for example, decided to create app-versions of their desktop programs.
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CCleaner alternative Clean Master released for Windows PCs
Clean Master Phone Boost is a very popular app for Android that enables users to delete temporary data from the device to free up storage space and remove trace
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Alt-Tab taking forever while playing games? Borderless Gaming comes to the rescue
Apps and games can run in three different modes on a desktop computer system.
